https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/58/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/contract-option-decisions-will-lend-early-insight-on-cubs-offseason-pitching-plans-r2281/As the Cubs gear up for a pivotal winter, the first three major decisions they'll need to make are about the three pitchers on whom they hold club options. We've already talked at length about the complex, layered options in Shota Imanaga's deal, whereby the team has to either exercise a three-y...2281Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:02:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/vibe-check-chemistry-took-the-cubs-far-but-stability-will-take-them-further-r2276/After the baseball world witnessed its brightest star, Shohei Ohtani, make history with his 10-strikeout, three-homer performance over the weekend, something still felt like it was missing. What is it? Might I offer an answer? It's a stadium called Wrigley Field and the brand of baseball they pl...2276Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:49:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/grading-the-2025-chicago-cubs-outfielders-r2280/The outfield figured to be the Chicago Cubs’ strongest position group coming into the season, and believe it or not, they did perform as such. The group’s 122 wRC+ was second in baseball behind the Yankees, and they posted 14.3 WAR, which was third, according to FanGraphs.  It makes sense....2280Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:53:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/after-standing-firm-on-mois%C3%A9s-ballesteros-at-trade-deadline-will-cubs-install-him-full-time-in-2026-r2279/At the 2025 MLB trade deadline, the big hang-up the Cubs kept running into was simple: everyone wanted Moisés Ballesteros. The Nationals were interested in a package of Matt Shaw and Cade Horton in exchange for controllable southpaw MacKenzie Gore, but if Chicago wasn't willing to give up both o...2279Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:38:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/chicago-cubs-arbitration-decisions-projections-reese-mcguire-r2277/    C : Reese McGuire  Age on Opening Day 2026: 31 Service Time: 5.1 years 2023 Salary: 1,225,000 2024 Salary: $1,500,000 2025 Salary: $2,000,000 2026 Salary (Projection): $1,900,000 Background: Reese McGuire signed a minor league contract with the C...2277Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:54:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/revisiting-the-trade-deadline-players-the-2025-chicago-cubs-needed-in-october-r2273/Over the last week, Cubs fans got to enjoy the humbling of the Brewers, capped by Shohei Ohtani playing the greatest single game of baseball ever. However, that is a small consolation prize. Milwaukee sent the Cubs packing, after the North Siders were unable to carry the energy of Games 3 and 4...2273Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:09:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-club-mourns-seasons-end-turns-eye-toward-future-r2272/Suffering through the first week of this four-month long offseason, the Chicago Cubs organization, got a stern lesson. Our feelings of jubilation, fist bumps, and blue towel-waving earlier this month swiftly transformed into longing for next year. Compound that with the cocktail of jealousy, des...2272Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:10:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/north-side-baseballs-chicago-cubs-2025-minor-league-hitter-of-the-year-r2271/Depending on which prospect list you favor, the Chicago Cubs finished the year with somewhere between two and four top-100 prospects from their offensive ranks—players such as outfielders Owen Caissie and Kevin Alcántara, and catcher (or designated hitter) Moisés Ballesteros. The Cubs also saw o...2271Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:33:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-best-path-to-necessary-improvement-sign-a-slugging-third-baseman-trade-matt-shaw-for-pitching-r2274/If the Cubs were as good at scouting and player development as they keep telling fans (and themselves) they are, they'd have a pretty simple offseason ahead. They'd have amassed better homegrown pitching depth, and wouldn't be so obviously starved for swing-and-miss arms. They'd be in a position...2274Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:11:42 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/grading-the-2025-chicago-cubs-bullpen-r2269/Pitching out of the bullpen is one of the more difficult things to quantify because they have the smallest sample sizes of almost any player, allowing for more wild swings in data, both year to year and month to month. There are also scoring rules that can hide poor performance, or instead, magn...2269Sat, 18 Oct 2025 11:58:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-much-extra-money-will-young-cubs-stars-make-based-on-new-mlb-rules-and-playoff-shares-r2270/As part of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (which took effect in 2022), players throughout the majors who are not yet eligible for salary arbitration have some extra ways to accrue bonus pay and service time. Winning (or placing highly in the voting) for certain awards nets automatic...2270Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:56:44 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/grading-the-2025-chicago-cubs-infielders-r2266/There are three components that make the infield collective of the Chicago Cubs perhaps the most stable aspect of their franchise ahead of 2026. The first is on the defensive side, where they succeeded at virtually every position in '25. As a collective, their work with the leather is some of th...2266Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:07:02 +0000